Laura Joffe Numeroff News

Children's Theatre of Charlotte celebrates the spirit of the season with two productions, both ideal for family holiday outings.

Children's Theatre of Charlotte celebrates the spirit of the season with two productions, both ideal for family holiday outings.

Children's Theatre of Charlotte celebrates the spirit of the season with two productions, both ideal for family holiday outings.

Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) has approved Books Alive! Literacy through the Arts for its 2009 touring roster and grants are available to schools, libraries and non-profit organizations. Books Alive! is an innovative literacy program at Katy Visual & Performing Arts Center (KVPAC), which presents a professional musical play, adapted from a featured book. It travels off-site or is available as a field trip to KVPAC.

Books Alive! Literacy through the Arts leaps once again from the page to the stage by announcing its Fall 2009 production of, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, based on the book by Laura Joffe Numeroff. Books Alive! is a dynamic interactive program, which introduces children to the wonderful world of books, the joy of reading and stimulates a desire for lifelong literacy through a professional musical play, adapted from the featured book. It is available on location or as a field trip to Katy Visual & Performing Arts Center (KVPAC).

On Tuesday, July 25, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host of the ABC daytime talk show 'The View,' will make a special appearance at TheatreworksUSA's critically acclaimed production of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & Other Story Books at Off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre

Children's storybooks come to musical life in this witty and delightful collection from TheatreworksUSA.

TheatreworksUSA, the leading not-for-profit professional theatre for family audiences, will launch its 45th anniversary season with the one-hour musical revue If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & Other Story Books, presented as Theatreworks' annual Free Summer Theatre Program for New York City youth.

TheatreworksUSA, the leading not-for-profit professional theatre for family audiences, will launch its 45th anniversary season with the one-hour musical revue If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & Other Story Books, presented as Theatreworks' annual Free Summer Theatre Program for New York City youth.